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16:37 07.04.2016

Following Microsoft acquisition, SwiftKey now wants to help you type like Shakespeare

Two months after being bought out by Microsoft, smart keyboard app company SwiftKey has launched a new app designed to help you type like William Shakespeare. ShakeSpeak for Android represents one of SwiftKey’s many experimental apps — part fun and part a show of technology. Timed to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, […]... →

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16:37 07.04.2016

Following Microsoft acquisition, SwiftKey now wants to help you type like Shakespeare

Two months after being bought out by Microsoft, smart keyboard app company SwiftKey has launched a new app designed to help you type like William Shakespeare. ShakeSpeak for Android represents one of SwiftKey’s many experimental apps — part fun, and part a show of technology. Timed to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, […]... →

1,386 venturebeat.com

22:15 06.04.2016

Microsoft: ‘VR is beautiful for gaming’ but HoloLens is a ‘new paradigm’ for information

We are in a world where high-end consumer virtual reality devices are shipping to people around the globe, but Microsoft is already preparing for the next era of computing. HoloLens is one of Microsoft’s new key products, and the company has a lot to say about what it means for the future and for its […]... →

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20:52 06.04.2016

Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Bash, Cortana cross-device features, universal Skype app

Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs. This is the first build released since Build 2016, where the company announced the the Windows 10 Anniversary Update coming this summer. Windows 10 is a service. As we wrote in our deep dive on how Microsoft is still building Windows 10, this means Windows […]... →

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18:00 06.04.2016

Microsoft marches forward with its security plan, releasing Cloud App Security

As Microsoft works its way toward implementing the security plan that CEO Satya Nadella outlined in a talk last Fall in DC, part of that has been creating tools and part buying them. Today, it announced that Adallom, a company it bought last year was becoming generally available and renamed Microsoft Cloud App Security. While the new name lacks the pizazz of the original, it does convey… Read More... →

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18:00 06.04.2016

Microsoft’s Cloud App Security service becomes available to everyone

Microsoft today announced that its Cloud App Security service, based on technology from its 2015 Adallom acquisition, is now generally available for anyone to use. The company announced in February that this tool would be coming, and now it’s here. “The solution provides a set of capabilities to help companies design and enforce a process […]... →

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02:49 06.04.2016

Microsoft releases a 64-bit version of Windows 10 IoT Core Pro

Microsoft today announced that it’s releasing a 64-bit (x64) version of Windows 10 IoT Core Pro, a special flavor of the edition of Windows 10 designed for small Internet-connected devices that’s exclusively available to original equipment manufacturers (OEM). “This will enable OEM/ODMs (original design manufacturers) to move between Windows 10 IoT Core and Windows 10 […]... →

1,084 venturebeat.com

01:14 06.04.2016

Why did tech companies take a week to get behind Apple in the FBI standoff?

GUEST: In the midst of the Apple-FBI dispute over the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, countless tech companies took the rare step of publicizing views in “friends of the court” briefs, statements, and interviews. The sheer number, nearly 40, filing amicus briefs — Facebook, Google, Mozilla, and Microsoft, as well as my own company, AVG — is […]... →

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23:04 05.04.2016

Microsoft’s Surface phone is now reportedly coming in 2017

We’ve known for a long time that Microsoft’s Surface team is toying with the idea of building a premium smartphone. The latest rumor claimed such a device would arrive in the second half of 2016, but that timeframe has reportedly been pushed back to early 2017. This tidbit comes from sources close to Microsoft’s plans […]... →

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21:58 05.04.2016

Microsoft launches Open Translators to Things to simplify IoT app development

Microsoft today announced the launch of Open Translators to Things, a new project where people will collaborate on translators that will make it easy for many developers to build applications that interact with many different kinds of Internet-connected devices. This software is based in the Node.js server-side JavaScript framework, and it’s intended to run from […]... →

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03:32 05.04.2016

NASA partners with Microsoft to launch “mixed reality” Mars exhibit

NASA has collaborated with Microsoft to create a new mixed-reality exhibit known as “Destination: Mars“, allowing the public to explore the red planet with holographic tour guides. The exhibit will open this summer in Florida at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Featuring the second person on the moon, Dr. Buzz Aldrin, and guided by Curiosity Mars Rover driver… Read More... →

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01:43 05.04.2016

Microsoft’s mobile problem may not be a problem at all

When Microsoft announced its Windows 10 strategy last year, the thinking was that the unified platform would drive Windows Mobile and finally bring the Windows phone out of the doldrums where it’s been virtually forever. The idea was you could develop once for Windows 10 desktop and easily share that code on any device, making it impossibly attractive for developers, which would… Read More... →

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17:46 04.04.2016

Outlook Premium, Microsoft’s subscription email service, starts trials at $3.99 per month

Microsoft’s experiment with getting customers to pay for additional features in Outlook will be priced at $3.99 per month, according to an updated page on Microsoft’s website, uncovered today. Earlier this year, news leaked of a new, paid version of Microsoft’s Outlook.com email service, called “Outlook Premium,” which would allow users to set up custom domain… Read More... →

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17:01 04.04.2016

An interview with a Microsoft HoloLens true believer

Michael Hoffman is a true believer when it comes to the potential of Microsoft’s HoloLens holographic glasses technology. So much so that he quit his job on the HoloLens team. Hoffman was part of the Microsoft Research that created HoloLens, which just started shipping in developer kit form last week for $3,000. But he decided […]... →

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13:00 04.04.2016

Apttus adds support for Microsoft Dynamics as it tries to expand its market reach beyond Salesforce

Since its earliest days Apttus has always been a Salesforce shop. It’s built on the Salesforce platform and worked exclusively with Salesforce CRM, but that changed today when the company announced it would also be supporting Microsoft Dynamics in the future. There seemed to be a shift in the company’s thinking at the end of last year when Salesforce bought SteelBrick, a fellow… Read More... →

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12:50 04.04.2016

Для SAP и Microsoft нашли замену: В реестре Минкомсвязи появилась отечественна ERP-система «Галактика»

Глава Минкомсвязи Николай Никифоров подписал документы о включении более 60 программных продуктов в единый реестр российского программного обеспечения, говорится в сообщении Минкомсвязи. На сегодняшний день в реестр вошло уже более 300 программных продуктов. Сейчас в реестре появилась первая система управления предприятием, ориентированная на крупных клиентов - продукт компании "Галактика".... →

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04:12 04.04.2016

The boomerang kid: Rob Glaser on his return to RealNetworks and what’s next

FEATURE: The most surprising fact about video and music streaming pioneer RealNetworks more than 22 years after its founding is that the Seattle-based company still exists. Since being founded by former Microsoft executive Rob Glaser in 1994, the company has managed to be at times too far ahead of the curve and too far behind; a […]... →

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19:01 03.04.2016

Microsoft game chief Phil Spencer on openness, HoloLens, and Xbox 1.5

Microsoft has had its fair share of criticism about its platform strategy. Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, recently blasted Microsoft’s commitment to an open Windows platform. HoloLens may not do much for games at a time when rivals are betting on virtual reality. And Sony continues to lead in hardware sales in the console wars. […]... →

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04:16 03.04.2016

Hands-on with the Surface Hub

The Surface Hub, Microsoft’s large touch-enabled display that runs Windows 10, is not designed for consumers. It’s made, really, for businesses. That said, I had fun using it for a few minutes yesterday, when Microsoft executives gave me the opportunity to see it up close, now that the devices have started shipping. There’s a special […]... →

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00:18 03.04.2016

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer: ‘I’m not a big fan of Xbox One and a half’

As rumors swirl of a potential PlayStation 4.5 and an Xbox 1.5, we can all but rule out the latter. Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, isn’t interested in offering an upgraded Xbox One. He wants a substantial successor, not just a small iteration. “I’m not a big fan of Xbox One and a […]... →

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